Madlen: 'It's a relief to me, Lady Queen, that in your own pain, you take no interest in hurting yourself.' Bitterblue: 'Why would I? Why should I? It's foolish. I would like to kick the people who do it.' Madlen: 'That would, perhaps, be redundant, Lady Queen.

He thinks we're made of money.

Living is too hard right now. Dying is easy. Let me die.

Some of the smartest men have a hard time comprehending the obvious.

In the end, Leck should have stuck to his lies. For it was the truth he almost told that killed him.

Would you please do me the honor of telling me WHAT THE BLAZES IS GOING ON?

Men are daft around women, incautious and boastful.